News Update
- Money train: The cost of high-speed rail ... Aaron Smith; 07/02/08
- Modesto-area rainfall was far below average for 2008-09 season ... John Holland; 07/01/08
- State says shopping center shouldn't have chopped down trees ... JONAH OWEN LAMB; 07/01/08
- Interior chief offers water help to California: Salazar talks of expedited transfers, Recovery Act cash ... Tracie Cone; 06/29/08
- Salazar Announces Aid to Valley Agribusiness, But Doesn’t Endorse Canal ... Dan Bacher ; 06/29/08
- Farmers Cut Cows' Emissions ... Lisa Rathke; 06/27/08
Worth Reading
- Places Left Behind ... David Mas Masumoto; 07/01/08
- Dutch expert offers advice on saving Delta ... Matt Weiser; 07/01/08
- Our View: Little Things will Help Us Reach our Goals ... Merced Sun-Star Editorial; 06/30/08
- Show Patterson a little respect ... Claude Delphia; 06/27/08
Spring 2009 Newsletter
Inspiration for Thought
HDeep Commitments Carry Family Through Dramatic Double Transition at a Kansas Family Farm ... Kristi Bahrenburg Janzen
Home on the Range: Elk Creek Rancher Chet Vogt balances profitability and sustainability ... Christine G.K. LaPado
Hidden Treasures: John Lane's efforts in Papua, New Guinea are paying off ... Meredith J. Cooper
Quite a Collector: Local Rancher Lowell Ahart has turned a love of plants into more than a hobby ... Virginia Moran
In Africa with Father Water ... Laura Male
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Web Sites Worth Visiting
John Holland's Blog: The Farm Beat
Modesto Bee writer, John Holland, tracks farming news and stories in his informative blog.
Thegardeningsnail's Weblog
A Blog which concerns itself with issues of land use and small town politics in the town of Livingston, California. Livingston is a small, rural farming community located smack dab in the Central Valley of California along State Highway 99. This blog illustrates the problems Central Valley towns face in their quest to stay vital.
American Farmland Trust: California - Paving Paradise
One out of every six acres developed in California since the Gold Rush was paved over between 1990 and 2004, concludes a new AFT report, Paving Paradise: A New Perspective on California Farmland Conversion. In all, more than a half million acres were urbanized during this period, almost two-thirds of it agricultural land. Among AFT's other findings: More than 60% of the land developed in the San Joaquin Valley, which accounts for half of California's agricultural production, was farmland of the very best quality. The attached report includes both a database and text that explains and analyzes the data.
Plumas Sierra Counties: Land Use Information
18 Different Fact Sheets (1 to 4 pages each) written in layperson terms to help us all better understand aspects of community land use planning.
Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association
The Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) provides educational and business opportunities for farm workers and aspiring farmers to grow and sell crops grown on two organic farms in Monterey County, California.
The Story of Stuff.com
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.
Worth Watching
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